The Malabar goby, Stenogobius gymnopomus is a species of goby endemic to the Indo-Pacific regional countries such as India, Somalia, Indonesia, Andaman Islands.

The habitats include coastal waters, estuaries and tidal zone of rivers.

This species can reach a length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.

[4] This species is a batch spawner which has a prolonged spawning season, extending from August to December in Kerala.

The female's fecundity was between 46,323 and 61,291 eggs while the sex ratios favours males in local populations.